There is fresh traction for the Centre’s solar push, with new flag bearers beginning to eclipse the more established ones. Andhra Pradesh has emerged on top in terms of cumulative solar project capacity, surpassing the traditional solar leaders — Rajasthan and Gujarat — to report the highest installed solar generation capacity till March 2017.

Embarking upon an accelerated afforestation drive, state-owned NTPC Ltd announced planting 10 million trees during 2016-17 along with the State Forest Departments of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telengana and Maharashtra.

The fuel wise break-up of India’s total installed Power generation capacity of 2,98,059.97 MW is shown in the graphic below INSTALLED CAPACITY AS ON 31.03.2016 (FIGURES IN MW) @ : Renewable Energy Sources capacity is as on 31.12.2015 India’s Coal Based Generation Capacity is 62.13% of the total installed capacity of 2,98,059.97 MW as on March […]